On Tuesday July 26 2005 11:09 am, Edd Barrett wrote: > Today 11:09:49 am > > On 26/07/05, Kevin MacPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to go from stable to current. > > I have the kernel and userland in place but having trouble updating my > > desktop. When trying to compile gnome I'm getting errors on the > > dependencies conflicting with older versions of themselves? Is there > > anyway to tell the make command to force reinstall the dependencies? > > > > After an evening of googling I still can't find the answer. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > Kevin MacPherson > > Hello, > > Take a look at pkg_add -r ;) > > OpenBSD favors pkg's over ports. > > Either that or pkg_delete -q /var/db/pkg/* then complile your stuff. > > Edd
Outta http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html: # setenv PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.6/packages/i386/ # pkg_add ${PKG_PATH}packageyouwant.tgz This takes care of dependencies. Dimitri
